Getting Ahead into College: The Stratification in Higher Education in Urban China, 1949-1997
| Autor: | YI-PING LO, 羅逸平 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 91 The structure and stratification of China’s higher education have been greatly shaped by political factors since the regime’s establishment in 1949. In different political periods, such as the Cultural Revolution and Reform era, different factors affect the inequality structure and stratification mechanism for acquiring higher education. This study aims to examine the predictors of getting ahead into college education in urban China, drawing data from the 1997 East Asian Survey conducted by the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. The explanatory variables include political and economic factors (political periods, place of birth, area of residence, father’s working unit), family background factors (parent’s education and occupation), and gender. Logistic regression finds that statistically significant predictors of getting ahead into college varied by stages of political process in China. In the early stage of the regime (1949-1965), significant predictors include places of birth, father’s education (junior high school or higher), and male. In the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), significant predictors for getting into college include places of birth, cities of residence, father’s occupation, father’s education, mother’s occupation, and male. Also, significant predictors for the reform era (1977-1997) were places of birth, cities of residence, father’s occupation, and father’s education. The findings of this study highlight different roles of family and political factors played in China’s educational stratification system in different political periods. Although macro political economy shaped the opportunity structure of higher education in China, family’s effects persisted through different periods. |
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